The Village (2023)
Grade: Aa
Format: Film
Genre: Drama
Studio: Star Sands
Source: original
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In a remote Japanese village overtaken by a massive waste disposal facility, a young man named Yuu — stigmatized for a crime his father allegedly committed a decade ago — toils in the garbage plant under brutal bullying, trapped by debt, shame, and the village's collective contempt, until a childhood friend returns from Tokyo and rekindles his will to live. The film examines how small communities perpetuate cycles of shame and corruption, using the ever-growing landfill as a metaphor for the moral rot beneath the village's surface — from illegal yakuza toxic dumping to political cover-ups and
Cast
- Ryusei Yokohama
- Haru Kuroki
- Arata Furuta
- Shido Nakamura
- Wataru Ichinose